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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scooby 2011 Journal
« on: December 22, 2016, 04:04:02 am »
161222 Deload Week nearly done.. and I GOT sick which changed in to Dehydration Week
So since last friday, i had not been lifting or jump... I insure i am deloading as suggested.
I did manage to do 3x 30 min jog with my girl as there will children/parents race day on xmax (dec 25)

With 3 days left (in deload week as well race day) i got real sick. I believe it is call Gastroenteritis,  I was having such bad diarrhea attack and also lead to bad throw up.  So in 1 night, i went to the wash room multiple times with throw up and lost an record 9lbs with in 12 hrs period.

I end up visiting the doctor for some medicine and i am feeling slightly better. 
My legs are so tired from all this pooping.  And my extraction point feel like it is on fire.  lol


1 week of no jump and no lift really got into my nerve.  I worry about my Newly Gained strength might slip away. I also worry if all this strengh... end up being wasted and not able to transfer to jump. Anyway.. i will wait untill next week to ... really jump.

Honestly speaking this Mondays Wed Fri 8am gym session before work habit is hard earned.  I sure want to keep this up as a good habit.

On the other hand, my Powerlifting coach also instruct me to keep squatting for maintenance purpose.
What he suggested is :
Your max is already 405. 355 should be no problem even on a bad day, so pick a weight between 355-385, squat 3 reps without grinding. 2 session per weeks.  Focus on jumping, as squat is only for strength maintenance.

With that in mind.  So Monday, Wed, Fri morning session can be 2 lower with 1 upper.   I was original thinking about squatting every Monday and Friday, but after reading what Adarq said, may be it is smart to Do Jump on Monday instead.

With that a side, the local gym i have access to is not like a Cross fit gym. so there is lot of machine dumbell and barbell.. but it is not likely i can do Box jump or any jump exercise that require a larger area.  I can sprint on trackmill, but that seems to defect the purpose.

But what I have is 45min to 1 hr lunch time every day.  without rain, i can head out and jump all i want.

I need to consider what i need to do next week... during my lunch time. Just go attack the rim without and with the ball, trying to reach over the rim?
or should I do more assist plyometric, like depth jump depth drop and single leg Bounding.   I have not done plyometric for quite a while, and i am getting old with my joint too.

As I am typing this... i am still just recovering from my diarrhea. And i guess the Flu virus is giving me some body pain on my shoulder and lower back also.
but I cant wait to go back out to jump!!!


Video of the Last Week, Last Session, Last Set Last Rep Last attempt of a new PR.
https://youtu.be/cqkUGfE5lNM
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqkUGfE5lNM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqkUGfE5lNM</a>

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scooby 2011 Journal
« on: December 16, 2016, 12:06:58 am »
161216 RUSSIAN SQUAT PROGRAM COMPLETED
Training Log for my Last Session of this Russian Program.

Program Week 6 Day 3, but actual time spent is Week 9.
(because after after Week 4 Day 2, went to japan for 1 week, Came back to do Week 4 Day 3 and felt uncomfortable, so I repeat week 3 and on, result in a 9 week total)

I had pressure on myself... and did not sleep well. Sleep at 12:30 and woke up at 230am, and roll around till 4 or so.. 
I plan up wake up at 735am and end up waking up at 7.... rolling in bed again.

Arrived at gym 10 min after its official open time, and saw a guy at the squat rack already.
I felt relieved for some reason.  I asked if I can work in with him...

135lbs x10
185lbs x8
205lbs x3 (The squat partner is increasing by 10lbs per set only, so I let him do 2 set for every 1 set that I do, but he soon left the rack at this point.)
255lbs x3 (back to using 25/45 lbs plate increment )
275lbs x2 (vid record started)
315lbs x2 (vid, wont be doing too many rep, prepare for the ultimate 1rm)
365lbs x1 (vid)
385lbs x1 (vid)  :personal-record:
395lbs x1 (vid, Russian Program new 1RM Goal w/ 275lbs 1RM input, Nailed this one!!!!)  :personal-record: :personal-record:
400lbs x1 (vid, My ultimate goal to squat 400lbs multiple reps;  it would be cool to reach 400lbs mark!!!   and I NAILED this one also!)  :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record:
405lbs x1 (vid, wouldn't it be nice... to tell people... you can squat 4 big (45lbs) plates?   Stay Angry, and calm... and NAILED the first rep... I know.. this is the ultimate BONUS Set.... so... I decided to Squat till I drop... and failed at 2nd reps.) :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record:


Body weight: 186.8 lbs
Squat 1RM: 405lbs  2.17 X BW

Honestly speaking... 2.17XBW  may not be....A PR to me... but 405lbs AKA 4 big plate is definitely my PR.
I had not been able to squat this much for very very long time.
(even though my Suited up PR was at 210kg... but that is a different story)


Now...Russian Squat program.. is not designed for prolonged regular use.  And my goal is to jump higher...
now.......Can I say... my squat number is enough?
Should i focus in more jumping before i go back to squat again?
I am thinking.... any how.. I think. i need a Deload week with Jogging...

if by chance...any one from Adarq read my training log up to this very sentence.  May be you can give me some suggestion on where to go from here also.

Peace.  Today, is a good day.... PR day.
 :trollface:




Plate Record:
135   bar   45               
185   bar   45   25            
205   bar   45   35            
255   bar   45   45   15         
275   bar   45   45   25         
315   bar   45   45   45         
365   bar   45   45   45   25      
385   bar   45   45   45   35      
395   bar   45   45   45   35   5   
400   bar   45   45   45   35   5   2.5
405   bar   45   45   45   45      


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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: December 09, 2016, 02:55:33 am »
felt exciting just reading about ur run.

I can imagine u having a smile on ur face, when people start flying by you...

Not every one understand that I guess..

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: December 07, 2016, 04:28:20 pm »
Have a good run! And good luck!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scooby 2011 Journal
« on: December 06, 2016, 01:50:23 am »
161206 Have not update for a long time, my bad
Before I start logging, want to thanks Adarq for his message and idea sharing.  I cannot agree more.... jump freely relaxed is usually my PR best jump. And the way u said "animal".... Zianimal.. isn't that is exactly what Kadour believe in?  The Elite think alike... that's for sure.

So is my 5th week in my Russian Program, 5x5 at 320lbs 4x4 at 340lbs is felt ok and at the end of week 6, it will be 395lbs 1x1  (although I am hoping to squat 400lbs multiple reps).  it took me 6 weeks to get this far, due to some messed up schedule, at the end of week 4, I went to Japan for 4 days,  and when where i gained like 5 lbs and when i return, my body is unable to shift back into gear for the Strength phase...  so I repeat week 4 again. 

Any how, I am not sure if my absolute strength has increased, since i am doing multiple reps at sub max.  Either way, I am trying to jump at least twice a week at the rim (with or withoutball).  The free rubber ball had a numb and at the end it Busted on me.  Cheap free China ball i got from the web.  I am still unable to dunk at the LOW rim 1 (which i was able to dunk before). This is really bothering me.... But I notice... my dribble up is not as SMOOTH and fast as before.

I dont know what I can do from here, beside continue to Jump and dunk.  (I jump at the highest rim, and try to dunk at the lowest rim at the end of each session)

Or may be, I am just tried from the Russian program.

PS1. The Russian program required me to lift 6x6 at 300 5x5 at 320 4x4 at 340 and so on....My powerlifting buddies told me to make sure i have enought Carb(rice) as well as rest.  Which I try my best to eat up.... and along with the Japan Trip... my weight went from 180 to now 188lbs.  This is not a good thing... i feel.

PS2.  After the bust of my RUBBER ball (specific for self Loop use), It took much effort to find a replacement,  seems like store now days does not sell cheap rubber in adult size any more, I spent 1.5 hrs walked from store to store ( 5 stores in total) and fail to found a rubber ball... I end up settled with a cheap synthetic leather (10USD) that is very hard when i pump hard but not being as bouncy as a rubber ball.  The next day, I went into a stationary shop at cheap neighborhood and finally found what i need, a rubber ball at 5.5 USD.


I still can not dunk at that lowest rim, even though I am able to get high above it....this is... messed up. 

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scooby 2011 Journal
« on: October 26, 2016, 09:54:04 pm »
161026 Russian Squat Program Week 2 day 2 Complete
I had been squatting 3 days a week with the russian program.
First 3 week require me to to multiple rep set at 300lbs.

Just finished a 6 set of 2 in this session.  Quite easy, and only take 35 min including warm up. 
(I am not sure if it is consider proper warm up, I basically squat from Bar with a 25lbs plate increment in each set)

Trying to Work on my Glute, and after reviewing the Higher Faster kellyb website with their cross linked video on how to squat with GLUTE, I am trying to squat with a Wilder stance.  (changing squat form during a russian program might not be smary as the ultimate goal is to increase 1rm at the end of 6 weeks)

But i got to do what is needed, and the first 3 weeks of the russian program felt a bit easy... (even though it is suppose to help strength endurance.
The Final 1RM in the chart at the end of 6 weeks i only listed as 395lbs.  It is a PR for me I believe.  but the ultimate goal is 400lbs mutiple reps....
So who knows, may be a 2nd round of russian squat is needed.. (another 6 weeks?)

Mean while, i am still attempting to jump at lunch, as I know... I CAN NOT just focus in squat and not go jump ( i did that for too many years).
I am unable to dunk on lowest rim no.1 still.  But I continue to Jump without ball to the rims. 

While jumping, I am trying to use my Glute more often.  And i notice my current jump method is very quad dom. because my upperbody lean fwd and often I am looking fwd on the ground.   Weight is often on the balls of my feet (which is exactly what happen during my squat)

Now, to activate more glute/pchain, i try to jump with are more Up-right upperbody, and with a more sitback pose.  Trying my best to do it during Nostep, 1 steps, and 2 steps jump.   A few degree of angle changed in the hip leading to a more upright body/sitback pose, and I can force myself to use more glute.   Will it help me jump higher? I don't know, as i am still TRYING to get use to it....

Once again... Changing Jump Form...may not be a good idea.... as every one body is different... Not to mention, i am not even at my Peak with my original jump form.  So....I am just..be Trolling and wasting time.. like this dude  ->  :trolldance:

Hey....to end this update, I am looking at this 2 icon,  :ibjumping::ibsquatting:
The Andrew Jumping icon does not really sitback, but he is sure looking up with only a slight lean fwd angle.
The Squatter upperbody is 100% upright and ATG also.


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Cross posted from my journal:


<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLn543Xm2EA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLn543Xm2EA</a>

the last few min... hit my jackpot....

QUAD only = poor jump

Felt the glute and post chain = good jump

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scooby 2011 Journal
« on: October 13, 2016, 04:12:56 am »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLn543Xm2EA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLn543Xm2EA</a>

the last few min... hit my jackpot....

QUAD only = poor jump

Felt the glute and post chain = good jump

161013 Rain as i Walk out of my building
So i went to lunch upper circuit training instead. 
Forgot to bring my ID with me.. and that dude at the counter refuse to accept my other ID card.  So what i do? i just walk straight in pass the gate... people remember my face with my frequent visit and did not brother to ask...
End up skipping the shoulders work due to lack of time. (Fly and front raise dumbell skipped)


161014 Jump Dunk after resting a few day
Feel slightly better, and went to rim 4 (the highest among the 4)
Stand still Jump x5
1 step jump x5
2 step jump x 5 
Lot of clean grab  (during rest between rep, did alot of body weight squat with GLUTE flexing, did not preform full run up)

Walk back to Rim 1 (the lowest one)
attempt to dunk  with ball and dribble.  Slip in a few... rim out alot, never a clean dunk.. -,-

161014 Friday Morning session
Some moron is doing bar bell arm curl on the squat rack for 20 min..
So while waiting, I just did Hipull from Bar to 35lbs each side.  focusing on GLUTE Flex.. in all my hipull
Went to the rack with 45lbs each side and squat all the way toward 45 45 45
Wrap up with 45 45 45 25 x3 x2.5  (failed)

did not eat breakfast or Creatine before lift.

4 big plates squat is still far from me...


Stay positive, and got to force myself to sleep early.


161014 Lunch Jump session
Weather is nice, Autumn is here, not as hot and less humid.
With the Glute/Pchain activation along wiht dorxi flex and 2nd step ball of feet in mind.
5 x stand still leap
5 x 1 step
5 x 2 step
5 x full up

for the no step, 1 and even  2 steps. when I focus in the Glute and Pchain  activation, I do notice i need to jump more Upright with a sit back feeling.
Any slight SHIFT of weight to fwd and it will back to my original QUAD Load jump feeling. I get similar height regardless of which style I jump...
and much like before, i did the body weight glute flex squat during rest, along of many self pass lob in between each jump.

I would say this slight shift of weight will take some time to adapt.  Also the need to jump more upright mean that my body have to sit back more and lean much less fwd (the upperbody). This is quite new to me. 

And on to the full run up... I just can not preform the glute/pchain/sit back jump... all the full run up seems to be the same as before...
This should take some practice. 

No dunk attempt at rim 1 today.
But i did jump at rim 3 and rim 4 (some one is at rim 3 for the first 30 min).  I feel that does not matter which rim hieght... my body always adjust so i can always GRAB the rim.. not OVER it  ...wtf...  (this remind me of what i use to say to my brother, does not matter if the exam is hard or easy, u always manage to get 60%... not higher nor lower.... talk about effort)

shxt...

Now.. changing jump style may be a BAD thing, people will said.. Do not mimic other as every one is different.  So i am not sure where i am going with this... will find out....

Stay focus in jump when i am jumping. 
stay focus in Squat when i am squatting.


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Thanks Vag.
The VJB website. Has been a long while i visited that site.

I still remember the close eye jump test and that photo of African with big butt tilted hip.

Will study it again. Peobanly could learn something new.

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I did the line jump test mamy yrs ago and found myself to be in the middle.  So not really quad or glute dom.

This recent idea of sleeping glute is solely base on my never sore glute experience.

And there was a time (a yr ago) when i follow jump manual where i do alot of leg curl on machine. So i am not sure if my ham or glute is weak.  I had not done much ham or glute iso work for a long time.

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Cross posted from my Journal. Recently I had notice does not matter in my Jump Training or my Squat training, days after, Only my quad is sore.

(The only time my Glute or Hamgstring is tire is when i do  Sprint HIIT style. And i had not done HIIT for 3 weeks at least)

May be... I am not using my Glute to max potential during my Jump and or Squat??

Now, I know there is exercise that target the glute area.  And I had read that even doing body weight squat with focus on glute flexing can teach your body to use the glute.  (and also those body weight single leg Hip Thurst too)

but what about JUMP?

Would it be a good idea to preform some RIM jump with Glute isolation?  I mean.. I had done board jump, depth jump and many many version of jump before, but i am Guessing  I had not really use my glute to full potential...

I seem to get my best jump when i go down know with big knee band (probably because I am using my quad again), may be i should just try to WAKE up my glute...

what do you guys thinks? 

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scooby 2011 Journal
« on: October 08, 2016, 12:12:13 am »
160810 Sum up this week

Not much going on this week, squat state up and down with no improvement. if fact it go back a little
Jump training twice a week, no improvement.  the 2nd session I went and left my shoes in my office so I did no step jump again in my rubber croc like shoes.

Squated this morning, 30 min session and failed out at (45 45 45 25), guess it is a bad days.

Quad is always sore.. may be those stand still leap session is too demanding.

I got stuck in traffic jam yesterday for an hour, and I can feel my quad acting up, I massage and rub the top of my knee cap for like 30 min... and make me wonder.... Why is my Quad so sore....how come my hamgstring or my glute have no issue.

And this morning, when I squat, I can feel my quad is tight and sore... (even though i did stretching and form roll on it yesterday night )

now I wonder..  knowing i am always Quad dominated, am I not using my glute at all? It is not sore at all...
The last time my ham and glute being sore was from this crazy HIIT Sprint...

Does this mean, my Squat training or Jump training is never using my Glute?

Now i know exercise like Good morning or Deadlift or even seated leg press (with foot resting higher) can TARGET the glute well; how about jump training?
may be... I should try to Jump with my glute only... Teach my body to use the glute...
may be.. this will wake up some unused muscle group!?

let me post this in the other session and hope to get a better answer.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scooby 2011 Journal
« on: October 04, 2016, 02:55:41 am »
161004 Rain stopped with Wet Floor
I am working toward 405lbs (aka the 4 plates squat).  Twice a week, I squat and I could proudly said, 3 plates squat is mastered (315lbs). 

I can do mutiple set of 4 or 5 with 315lbs.  And squat 365lbs decently and even grinded a 385lbs.   405lbs should be near....

or not.

Last Sunday, no idea what happened, and i maxed out at 365lbs.  even failed my 2nd attempt ay 365lbs.  The next day I am stuck with lower back pain and I have to rest... my Monday was completely off .  (no upper nor lower adn the weather is So fine... what a waste)

Tuesday...it started to rain.. but luckily stopped at lunch.  So I decided to just preform stand still leap, with 1 min pause in between reps where I try to shoot self lop pass.  I did it at Rim 4, (the tallest out of all 4 non official height rim)

I Guess i did about 15 to 20 standstill leap or so...  and I notice Rim 1 is drying up... so I went to do a little dunk....

AND I COULD NOT DO IT.... I slip in once or twice, but it is never a clean dunk....
(I Thought I mastered this rim few months ago... from various angle..... WTF happened to me... Could it because of the Wet floor....but is all dry.. the non fully recovered lower back? .... excuse...)

On the side note, i saw a young kid, single leg jumper... he dunked on the rim 1... a few time, not clean.. slipped in...
 :uhcomeon:

Taking from today experience...

Jump practice: 
I should always find the highest rim to preform Jump practice.. I had a feeling that with a higher rim, I can release my hidden potential during max effort jump training.
 
Dunk practice:
I should always start with low rim.... and work my way up.. even those low rim where i was able to dunk before... I should still start my dunk practice with those  and work my way up... (in every session).   Clearly, me working my butt off at rim no.2  did not help me dunk better on rim no.1  (FOR some dam reason).

I am not stretching/foam rolling on a daily basic, I think I should.  There is not excuse not to do so.

As for upperbody, I think i slack off a bit with one session per week for the pass 3 weeks or so.  I feel tired.

Sleeping has been poor as always, always wake up in the middle of the night and stay up for 1 hr.  I did manage to stay in bed 7 to 8 hrs daily though.

Stay Positive! Pls.

P.S.  As suggested by dunker on fb, I now got myself a RUBBER ball, which will give me better bounce for self lob.  The old ball with leak issue require me to pump it before every session and probably result in in-consistence bounce.   

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scooby 2011 Journal
« on: September 27, 2016, 12:13:10 am »
160927 Grinded a 385lbs
Last Sat did a Squat Session (with 4x5 at 3 big plat)
Last Sunday did a Olifting to Squat Session
Monday did a Jump/Dunk attempt Session
Tuesday Squat Session (Today)

This Morning, I had a 45 min Squat Session working toward 1RM and I grinded up a 385lbs.   I grinded the 385lbs 2 weeks ago... So I guess i am not improving.


attempting to dunk on rim2  is closer and closer (but i was already close before).  So not really any improvement.

Still attempting to lob to myself once in a while, Discussed with a fellow dunker on fb, and he suggested me to get a RUBBER ball, which i have.   the purpose of the rubber ball is it will bounce better for a self lob pass.

My current ball is leaking air, and I need to pump it every session, resulting in inconsistency.  Lets hope the rubber ball can give me some changes.


Eating more carb... but still no where close to squating 400lbs multiple reps... that will short terms goal!!!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scooby 2011 Journal
« on: September 13, 2016, 10:59:52 pm »
160914 Squat 2 days in a row
Some update on the squat stat.
45 45 45 (3 big plates = 315lbs) seems to be a pcs of cake now, I can do it easily for 3 reps and probably can do more.

And I can do rep of 45 45 45 25 (365lbs) with slightly slower speed (not grinding)

However, 45 45 45 35 (385lbs) is still a miss, Not able to do it...even if i try to grind it up.  Guess it is a good thing, grinding is not consider a good rep anyway.

Facebook showed a memory of mine 3 yrs ago. where I attempting 400lbs and failed. 
I guess I never improved my 1 rep max all this year... when I focusing on lighter weight/faster speed.

any way, I think.. i will be breaking the 400lbs record.... soon.  in a few weeks time i hope.

Some time, i squat 2 days in a row when I got a  chance.  Knowing that Kingfish/Vag  and them are probably squatting day and night...


PS. I had practice some more lobbing during lunch jump at rim session.  Still a noob, but at least i am starting to do it now.


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